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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.20,0:00:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've got people in me."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.40,0:00:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sang the late Abbey Lincoln.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.40,0:00:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take that lyric as mantra.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.32,0:00:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've got people in me."`
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.59,0:00:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jomama Jones is the person in me\NI turn to as a guide.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.91,0:00:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's my alter ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been embodying her\Nin performance since 1995,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.96,0:00:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she comes around when\Nshe has some insight to offer folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.64,0:00:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this time of radical change,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.71,0:00:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm glad to be the vessel\Nfor her message to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.53,0:00:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jomama Jones: What if I told you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.33,0:00:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to be alright ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.75,0:00:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what if I told you not yet?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.72,0:00:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I told you there are trials ahead
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.34,0:00:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond your deepest fears?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.15,0:00:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I told you will you fall ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.09,0:00:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down, down down?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.98,0:01:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if I told you\Nyou will surprise yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.56,0:01:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I told you will be brave enough?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.32,0:01:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I told you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.37,0:01:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we won't all make it through?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.46,0:01:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if I told you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.75,0:01:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is as it must be?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.10,0:01:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I told you I've seen the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.17,0:01:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you like my hands?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.29,0:01:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're expressive, yeah?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.47,0:01:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look at your hands --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.74,0:01:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.21,0:01:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's so much history recorded\Nthrough their touches
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.28,0:01:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and marks of the future\Nsketched on their palms.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.43,0:01:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes hands grip tight,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.16,0:01:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes hands let go.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.36,0:01:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I told you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.96,0:01:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's all going to come undone?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.01,0:01:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hm.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.54,0:01:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.37,0:02:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and otherwise described,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.84,0:02:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am Jomama Jones.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some call me a soul-sonic superstar,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.95,0:02:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I agree
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.72,0:02:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though even in my past\Nthat was from the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.23,0:02:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me take you back to girlhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.28,0:02:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picture this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.05,0:02:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was Planting Day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.89,0:02:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was a holiday I'd invented
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.00,0:02:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Black youth\Ncommunity group I founded.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.50,0:02:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dashed home to put on\Nmy gardening ensemble
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.74,0:02:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I caught my Uncle Freeman red-handed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.82,0:02:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was standing over my piggy bank\Nwith his hammer raised high.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.60,0:02:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was fixing to steal my coins.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.78,0:02:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.99,0:02:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my Uncle Freeman was a handyman.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.62,0:02:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could fix anything --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.01,0:02:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a broken chair,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.03,0:02:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shattered pot --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.25,0:02:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even bring grandmother's\Nplants back to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.49,0:02:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had that magic touch\Nwith broken things ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.54,0:02:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and broken people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.12,0:02:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would take me with him on his jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.36,0:02:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "C'mon Jo,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.59,0:03:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's go do something to make\Nthis world a better place."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.99,0:03:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His hands were wide and calloused
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.52,0:03:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they always reminded me\Nof displaced tree roots.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.84,0:03:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we worked he would talk with folks
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.21,0:03:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the change he was sure\Nwas just around the corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.03,0:03:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw him mend flagging hopes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.37,0:03:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and leave folks with\Ntheir heads held high.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.21,0:03:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His hands stirred the sunshine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.14,0:03:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now he was about\Nto break my piggy bank.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.09,0:03:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said "Step back, man,\Nand show me your hands."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.16,0:03:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the irony was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.77,0:03:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he used to give me all the old coins\Nhe'd find under floorboards while working.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.45,0:03:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I put them in the piggy bank
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.07,0:03:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with the money I earned\Nthrough my childhood side hustles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.10,0:03:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by the spring of 1970,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.18,0:03:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uncle Freeman had lost his touch ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.08,0:03:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with most of his jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.57,0:04:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw a heavy future
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.99,0:04:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of civil wrongs and Black power\Noutages in his palms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.76,0:04:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last straw had come\Nthe previous winter
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.00,0:04:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they had gunned down Fred Hampton.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.56,0:04:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overwhelmed with fear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.71,0:04:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rage
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.30,0:04:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and grief,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.63,0:04:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uncle Freeman tried to game his future.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.12,0:04:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gripped too tight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.21,0:04:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he started playing the numbers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.50,0:04:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, one of these numbers\Nis gonna hit, little girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.06,0:04:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got a quarter for your Uncle Free -- "
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.07,0:04:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now some of y'all have that relative.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.60,0:04:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew right then and there\NI had to do something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.12,0:04:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I jumped up and I grabbed that hammer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.92,0:04:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I brought it\Ncrashing down on that pig.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.17,0:04:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Uncle Freeman started to weep\Nas I gathered up all the coins.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.32,0:04:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're not buying\Nno lottery ticket, Uncle Freeman.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.07,0:04:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C'mon."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.48,0:04:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spent every last cent\Nat the seed store.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.64,0:05:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the kids in my gardening group?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.69,0:05:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't bat an eye when I had\NUncle Freeman get down
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.44,0:05:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put his hands in the earth again
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.02,0:05:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start breaking up\Nthat soil for our seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.86,0:05:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my little friend Taesha even came over\Nand started slapping him on the back
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.59,0:05:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, "Cry it out, Uncle Freeman.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.32,0:05:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cry it out."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.10,0:05:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can't fix this," he sobbed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.70,0:05:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an ancient-future truism, that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.09,0:05:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't the first to feel that way\Nand we wouldn't be the last.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.76,0:05:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now it feels as though everything\Nis breaking beyond repair.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.72,0:05:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.79,0:05:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that breaking apart\Ncan be a breaking open,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.69,0:05:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how violent
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.15,0:05:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and uncertain
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.29,0:05:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fearsome it seems.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.24,0:05:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.51,0:05:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't do it alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.99,0:06:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uncle Freeman cried so much that day\Nas we planted our seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.80,0:06:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was our very own irrigation system.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.14,0:06:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't know who I am\Nanymore, little girl,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.69,0:06:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said to me at sundown.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.21,0:06:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Good, Uncle Freeman.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.71,0:06:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.97,0:06:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're new again,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.71,0:06:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's just how we need you."